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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
Given these high costs, particular attention must be paid to the success of these programs and, where problems exist--and it appears as if the Department is continuing to throw good money after bad--programs should be immediately stopped to determine the best path forward.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson calls for scrutiny of high-cost programs and suggests halting ineffective ones.

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